<p>Hey all.
so i am heading to college this fall.
i am an international student and will be attending a non-US College, which makes me fall into the category of Med School Reject, automatically, since international students are rarely taken.
so, i wanted to know, if i get a really good MCAT score- (40ish +-2), but have a 3.5ish GPA, and lots of amazing stuff on the application, can i make a cut with that GPA, being an international, into HMC or Yale Med? i know i am thinking of impossible stuff, but i am ready to work my arse off for Yale med. But the college i will be attending follows a grade deflation. hence, i am all scared right now.
any one knows any international student at a good med school, personallu?
any suggestions?
its not that i am aiming for just those 2 school, but obviously, they are the top choice. and ofcourse, they give significant scholarships. so.
thanks</p>
<p>(p.s dont be like, oh arent you too young to be thinking about a med school? or like, enjoy college life, etc? meh. but well, NO)</p>
<p>Every US allopathic medical school will require you to have at least 1-2 years of college coursework–including all pre-req courses-- completed at US, Canadian or UK college. Foreign degrees are not accepted for admission consideration anywhere without strong coursework supplementation completed in the US. </p>
<p>In your other thread, I’ve linked directly to both Yale’s and Harvard’s admission policy FAQs for internationals. Neither Yale nor Harvard will accept your degree for admission consideration.</p>
<p>As for your larger question, admissions at most medical school is holistic in the sense that once your application passes the computer screening minimum cut-offs, it’s read and ranked by human members of the adcomm. It’s not just pure numbers. Higher MCAT does not necessarily offset a lower GPA and vice versa.</p>
<p>There are significant other considerations at work in admissions, including a number of expectations which a student who has not lived in the US (or not lived here recently) will have trouble fulfilling. These include shadowing US physicians and extensive volunteering in US medical institutions and hospitals so that the applicants will have an understanding how healthcare works in the US. This is a very important criteria and your chance of gaining admission to a US medical school without it are zero.</p>
<p>^this. The only internationals in US medical schools went to US (or canadian) colleges.</p>
<p>@WOWMom.
so i stall be studying at NYU-Shanghai, probably?
its a campus opened by NYU at Shanghai with degree from NYU itself. so i am confused whether that will count for an US college or college in shanghai?
but the degree shall be from New York University.
any idea what category i come in? or, should i still try for US Med Schools?
thanks. </p>
<p>P.S i’ll be copying this text to other post of mine (which i accidentally made). please respond on either of the two!</p>